My 78 long shaft 35 has a bad lower unit. I bought a 79 short shaft lower with thoughts of swapping the long drive shaft into the short shaft unit but short of a jack hammer, I can't pull the drive shaft out of the bad unit to put in the good one. Those are interchangeable I believe. Am I...
I have a 1978 Evinrude 35 long shaft. The lower unit is seized. I have located one but it's from a short shaft motor. I know I can exchange the drive shaft, they just pull out but I was wondering about the shift shaft. Does it simply unscrew and come out? If that's the case, do I need to count...